[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 121 (Monday, September 16, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING ANDY CLARKE ON TEN YEARS WITH THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN 
                               BICYCLISTS

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                          HON. EARL BLUMENAUER

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 16, 2013

  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, the League of American Bicyclists has a 
long and storied history. Over 120 years ago, the League was in the 
forefront of introducing cycling to America. It was the leader of the 
good roads movement as the cycling craze swept the country, producing a 
demand for more and better quality roads. Over a century later, America 
is in the midst of a new cycling renaissance.
  For the last 10 years Andy Clarke has been at the helm of the League 
of American Bicyclists helping promote cycling coast-to-coast and in 
every state. There is no one who has done more than Andy to lift our 
vision and our spirits. I will be forever grateful that the United 
States has given him a green card, not just for his accent, but for his 
global vision of the power of cycling to help rebuild and revitalize 
our communities.
  Andy understands the need to deal with all of the cycling community: 
young and old, recreational bicyclists, cycling tourists, the hardcore 
mountain biker, the weekend road cyclists, the commuter, and everybody 
in between.
  Andy has been part of an effort to bring together the wide range of 
cycling interests which includes local government, people in the 
cycling community, and the businesses who benefit from cycling 
customers.
  Cycling is not just the most efficient form of urban transportation 
ever designed, it is the key to fitness for our families, freedom for 
our children, and the easiest, quickest, and most inexpensive way to 
increase road capacity.
  Andy, thank you for understanding these principles, for organizing 
the cycling community, and for providing vision, good humor, and 
leadership as we all navigate the tremendous opportunities that cycling 
presents for all Americans.

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